To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two Culture24 speaks to some of the people featured in the Imperial War Museum exhibition, Outbreak 1939. Jean Procter remembers her years in the Women's Land Army.

World War Two in the East Midlands is a story packed with vital components of the Allied victory - Chris Breese takes a look at the textile industry in Leicester, a famous local regiment and evacuees to the region.

As part of the Imperial War Museum 2010 exhibition, Ministry of Food, the Museum's Senior Historian Terry Charman looks at the history of rationing and how government managed to keep the nation fed and healthy.